Sisbert or Sisebert was the

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from 690 to 693 as successor to the famous Julian. In the latter year, he was at the head of a conspiracy to dethrone the king,

Egica Egica, Ergica, or Egicca (''c''. 610 – 701/703), was the Visigoth King of Hispania and Septimania from 687 until his death. He was the son of Ariberga and the brother-in-law of Wamba. Accession He was married (''c''. 670) to Cixilo (also k ...

. He planned to assassinate the king, Queen

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, and four of their closest advisors: Frogellus, Theodomir, Liuvila, and Tecla. It seems likely that the conspirators took Toledo itself and minted coins in the name of Duke Sunifred, whom they intended to crown. However, Egica defeated them and called the

Sixteenth Council of Toledo The Sixteenth Council of Toledo first met in Toledo, Spain on 25 April 693. It was the second of three councils convened by Visigothic king Egica. In 692, the archbishop of Toledo, Sisebert, led a rebellion with many nobles to install one Suniefre ...

to deal with the rebels. Sisbert was brought forward to confess his guilt to the assemblage of bishops and other ecclesiastics and was penalised, he and his descendants being prohibited from holding palatine office. Exceptionally, Archbishop

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was translated to Toledo and Archbishop

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to Seville.

Sources

*Thompson, E. A. ''The Goths in Spain''.

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: Oxford, 1969. Archbishops of Toledo 7th-century bishops in the Visigothic Kingdom {{Spain-RC-archbishop-stub